Prospectus Hit List for May 9

Hit List for May 8
Hit List for May 10Hit List updates are published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, starting April 2, 2014. Data presented here is based on games through the day prior to publication.Teams are ordered based on Adjusted Hit List Factor, a computer generated number, and the author isn't responsible for the order of the teams.

13

20

12.3

14.8

15.0

.491

.471

19.4%

13.3%

32.6%

-4.5%

-28.1%

Brandon League has begun his three-year, $22.5 million contract with a 5.40 ERA and seven strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings. Sure, that's not very good, but imagine if he made $9 million a year!

23

13

17

14.7

14.2

13.9

.478

.458

5.6%

6.3%

11.8%

-3.0%

-1.8%

The Mets have the fewest hits of any team in baseball. So, no, you weren't imagining it. They really never do get a hit.

24

13

22

12.4

12.2

13.3

.437

.457

1.2%

3.5%

4.7%

-0.7%

-0.6%

Rickey Romero pitched one third of an inning last night. He was the starter.

25

15

17

14.7

15.3

15.8

.473

.454

2.9%

6.2%

9.1%

-2.3%

-9.4%

The Brewers have been caught stealing 12 times, the most in baseball, but they’ve also stolen 27 bases, the most in baseball. Because if you can’t win baseball games, you can at least run around a lot. Brewers baseball!

26

13

21

15.2

17.2

17.2

.472

.452

1.8%

3.9%

5.7%

-0.7%

-5.0%

Reliever James Russell managed to blow a save in the seventh inning of last night’s game. “Always been a guy who gets his work done ahead of schedule,” explained Russell.

27

16

19

14.5

14.4

14.5

.458

.438

6.0%

7.0%

13.0%

-2.0%

-3.6%

I've figured out a way to differentiate between Phillies' pitchers Jonathan Papelbon and Jonathan Pettibone. Papelbon is paid a lot of money to never pitch and Pettibone is paid almost nothing to pitch all the time.

28

16

18

15.2

14.6

15.1

.458

.438

3.3%

3.5%

6.9%

1.0%

3.0%

At what point do opposing managers get in trouble with the league for only bringing one or two regulars with them to Marlins games?

29

10

24

10.3

9.4

10.6

.342

.360

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Chris Carter has struck out 51 times in 131 plate appearances. That's a 270 strikeout pace.

Perhaps the Cardinals should take the Lance Berkman Challenge and play the rest of their "home" games at Wrigley. They'd then be on pace for a 107-55 record with their 129 remaining games away from Busch.